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    "id": 731410,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "Constitution. You cannot say that you respect the rule of law when you subvert the Constitution and undermine institutions that are created under the Constitution. Mr. Chebukati and the IEBC, wherever you are, the Labour Party of Kenya (LPK) is declaring on the Floor of the National Assembly that we have faith in you. Go ahead and execute the mandate of your Office without fear or intimidation. Let no player in this game intimidate you. We are all players and every player must respect the referee. Stop intimidating the referee. Prepare and train to be fit for the game; enter the field and play to the rules. Stop intimidating the referee. Intimidating the referee can never win you the game. Just be fit, play fair and play to the rules. The Labour Party is ready to play to the rules. Are you ready to play to the rules? I hope that those rules and regulations will enable the Commission to also enforce its authority fully. As I conclude, my mind is on election and political violence. This country has paid a heavy price as far as political violence is concerned. We have sufficient laws and regulations that arm the IEBC and law enforcement agencies sufficiently to clamp down on election-related violence. Incidents such as what we witnessed in Migori a couple of days ago have no place in modern Kenya. Whenever such incidents happen, we want to see the IEBC, the law enforcement agencies and the concerned political parties acting swiftly and ruthlessly in terms of calling the perpetrators to account. Let me remind all of us that what is good for the goose must be good for the gander. You have to be consistent. You cannot in one moment complain that someone comes to your county to undermine you and then tomorrow, you do the exact same thing to a fellow leader. That is the kind of inconsistent conduct that triggers the kind of violence that we saw in Migori. Let us see respect, decorum and honourable conduct from all leaders across the board. If we do that, we will reduce incidences of violence. The IEBC should show some teeth. It should demonstrate that it is not toothless. We want to see candidates being banned from participating in these elections as a sanction. We want to see candidates being fined heavily because of being agents of violence. We must deploy the law, those regulations and the full authority of IEBC to protect the 2017 General Elections from violence. I support these regulations and the IEBC. I demand that we respect IEBC and show absolute fidelity to the constitutional order of this country."
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